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N0. 030,000. PATBNTLD SEPT, 11, 1900 M. W. KOUNS. MOTOR GAR.

APPLIOATION FILED MAB. B, 1906.

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UNITED sr rns PATENT orrron MOSES W. -KOUNS, OF WASHINGTON COURT-HOUSE,OHIO, ASSIGNOR- TO THE OHIO MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF UPPER SANDUSKY,OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

MOTOR-CAR.

No. 830,600. I Specification of Letters fatent. Patented Sept. 11, 1906.

Application filed March 8, 1906. Serial No. 304,905-

11 indicates a counter-shaft mounted in suitable boxes in the free endsof arms 12, which are pivotally supported, as indicated at 13, onsuitable brackets 14 on the frame or body 1. The position'of each arm 12and of the counter-shaft 11 is controlled by togglelevers 15, of which apair is employed for each of the arms 12. Each pair of toggle levers hasone end of one of the levers pivoted to the corresponding arm 12, asindicated at 16, while one end of the other lever is piv oted to theframe or body 1, as indicated at 17, said frame or body being providedwith a bracket 18 to effect this pivotal connection. To the knuckle orpivot joint 19, which connects the two toggle-levers 15, there ispivoted one end of a rod 20, the other end of which is connected to astrap 21, which embraces'an eccentric 22 on a shaft 23,mounted insuitable bearings on the frame or body 1'. A hand-lever 2 1 controls themovements of the shaft 23, said hand-lever being provided with the usuallocking-pawl 25, cooperating with the locking-segment 26 and controlledby the handpiece 27 through the medium of the connecting-rod 28. Thecounter-shaft 11 is provided with friction-wheels 29, corresponding withand adapted to engage the friction-wheels of the engine-shaft.

It will be seen that by moving the hand-lever 24 from the position shownin Fig. 1 in the direction indicated by the arrow adjacent thereto therock-shaft 23 and eccentric 22 will so move the rod as to actuate thetoggle-levers 15 and cause them to swing the arms 12 upward, thereby somoving the counter-shaft 11 as to bring the friction-wheels 29 thereoninto engagement with the frictionwheels 10 on the engine-shaft and presssaid friction-wheels together with aforce sufficient to insure theproper transmission of power to the counter-shaft. Said counter-shaft isprovided with one or more sprocket-wheels 30 thereon, two beingpreferably employed, as shown. Sprocket-chains 31 pass around thesesprocket-wheels 30 and also around sprocketheels 32 on the axle 3 of oneof the pairs of driving-wheels 2.

If desired, motion may be transmitted to the other axle to cause theother pair of wheels to also act as driving-wheels by means ofsprocket-wheels To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MOSES W. KOUNS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Washington Court-House, in the county of Fayette and Stateof Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMotor-Oars, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to motor-cars, being designed more particularlyfor use in connection with street-railway cars and cars employed onordinary and interurban railways, being self-propelling railway-carscarrying their own motive power, although some of the features of theinvention are applicable engines and other motor-vehicles.

The invention has for its object to provide a simple, eflicient, andreadily-controlled driving mechanism, whereby motive power gasolene orother liquid fuel engine, running always in the same direction andusually in continuous operation, may be transmitted to thedriving-wheels of the car or vehicle.

To these ends my invention consists in certain novel features, which Iwill now proceed to describe and will then particularly point out in theclaims In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view, partly inelevation and partly in vertical section, of a structure embodying myinvention in one form and Fig. 2 is a plan view of a portion of what isshown in Referring to the said drawings, 1 indicates the body of the caror vehicle, only the framing of thefloor or supporting-platform thereofbeing shown, and 2 the supporting or driving wheels, mounted on axles 3and supporting the body 1 inany suitable manner. On the car-body 1 ismounted an explosive motor, preferably in the form of a gasolene-engine,comprising a frame 4, cylinder 5,pistonrod 6, and engine-shaft 7,provided with a This engine-shaft is provided with one or morefriction-wheels 10 secured thereon, and in my preferred construction Iemploy two such friction-wheels, as shown, located one on each side ofthe 33 on the two axles, con- I nected by a sprocket-chain 34. When thefriction-wheels 29 are thus engaged with the friction-wheels 10, motionis imparted to the car or vehicle in a forward direction.

In order to permit the car to be driven in the opposite direction, Iprovide means for driving the counter-shaft 11- in a direction thereverse of that just described. This comprises friction-wheels 35, twoin numberin the present instance, and adapted to simultaneously contactwith the friction-wheels 10 and 29. To this end these friction-wheels 35are mounted upon a shaft 36, said shaft being in :turn mounted inbearing-boxes 37, which are supported on slideways 38 on the upper endsof the brackets 14. The arrangement is such that the shaft 36 and itsfriction-wheels 35 move in a direction substantially parallel with thearms 12 and transversely to the plane of the axes of the shafts 7 and11, so as to bring said friction-wheels simultaneously into contact withthe friction-wheels 10 and 29. This movement is effected by means oflevers 39, pivoted at 40 to the brackets 14 and connected between theirends to the sliding boxes 37 by means of links or connectingrods 41. Thefree ends of the levers 39 are connected by rods 42 to stra s 43,encircling eccentrics 44 on the rock-shaft 23. The construction andarrangement of the parts is such that-in the position shown thefriction-wheels 29 and 35 are not in contact with the frictionwheels 10,and when the hand lever 24 is moved ,in the manner hereinbeforedescribed, in the direction of the arrow adjacent thereto, so as-tobring the friction-wheels 29 into con: tact with the friction-wheels 10,the frictionwheels 35 move away from said friction-wheels 10. On theother hand, when the lever 24 is moved in the opposite direction fromthe position shown the friction-wheels 3 5 are so moved as to come intocontact with the friction- Wheels 10 and 29 while these latter areseparated, thereby driving the counter-shaft, and conse uently the car,1n the opposite direction. It wil be understood, of course, that whenthe parts are in the position shown neither of the friction-wheels 35nor 29 are in contact with the friction-wheels 10, so that no power istransmitted'from the engine to the drivingwheels, and the motion of thecar is stopped. It will also be understood that the frictional drivepermits the regulation of the speed of the car by controlling the amountof slipping between the frictional driving-wheels, so as to cause thecounter-shaft and the parts driven therefrom to rotate at any desiredspeed relatively to the engine. It will thus be seen that the structureis simple and efficient and is effectively controlled by a singlehand-lever, by means of which the car may be stopped or driven in eitherdirection at any desired s eed.

I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to theexact details of construction shown and described, for obviousmodifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a structure of the character described, the combination, with afriction-wheel driven from the engine, a second friction-wheel movabletoward and from the same and from which the driving-wheels are actuated,of a reversing friction-wheel, a shaft supporting said reversingfriction-wheel, bearings for said shaft slidably mounted in a planetrans= verse to the plane of the axes of the other friction-wheels, andmeans for shifting said reversing friction-wheel toward the otherfriction-wheels when the same are out of engagement, and for shiftingthe same away from such friction-wheel when the same are in engagementwith each other, substantially as described.

2. In a structure of the character described, the combination, with afriction-wheel driven from the engine, a second friction-wheel movabletoward and from the same and from which the driving-wheels are actuated,of a reversing friction-wheel, a shaft supporting said reversingfriction-wheel, bearings for said shaft slidably mounted in a planetransverse to the plane of the axes of the other friction-wheels, andsimultaneous means for shifting said reversing friction-wheel toward theother friction-wheels When the same are out of engagement, and forshifting the same away from such friction-wheels when the same are inengagement with each other, substantially as described.

3. In a structure of the character described, the combination, with aframe, a frictionwheeldriven from the engine, a second friction-wheelmovable toward and from the same and from which the driving-wheels areactuated, supports carried by said frame, bearings mounted on the upperface of said supports and adapted to slide in a lane transverse to theplane of the axes 0 said friction-wheels, a shaft mounted in saidbearings, a reversing friction-wheel carried by said shaft, arms pivotedto said supports below said bearings and adapted to support said secondfriction-wheel, and means for simultaneously shifting said secondfrictionwheel toward the firstmentioned frictionwheel and shifting saidreversing frictionwheel away from said other friction-wheels and forshifting said second-mentioned friction-wheel away from thefirst-mentioned wheel and shifting the reversing frictionwheel intoengagement with both of said other friction-wheels, substantially asdescribed.

- 4. In a structure of the character described, the combination, with aframe or body and driving-wheels supporting the same, of an enhaving ashaft provided with a friction-wheel adapted to engage the engine-shaftfriction-wheel and having a driving connection with the driving-wheels,pivoted arms carrying said counter-shaft to permit it to move toward andfrom the engine-shaft, toggle-levers con necting said arms with theframe or body, a reversing-shaft provided with a frictionwheel andhaving bearings mounted to slide toward and from the plane of the axesof the engine-shaft and counter-shaft, levers connected to said bearingsto slide the same, a rock-shaft provided with a controlling-lever, androds actuated by said rock-shaft and connected with the toggle-leversand bearing sliding levers to simultaneously move the counter-shaft andreversing shaft, whereby their movement in one direction engages thecounter-shaft friction-wheel with the engins-shaft friction-wheel anddisengages the reversing-shaft friction-wheel therefrom, while movementin the opposite direction disengages the counter-shaft and engineshaftfriction-wheels and en ages the reversing friction-wheel with bot ofsaid other friction-wheels, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MOSES W. KOUNS.

gine of the character described mounted on said frame, a shaft driven bysaid engine and friction-wheel thereon, a countershaft provided with'afriction-wheel adapted to engage the engine-shaft friction-wheel andhaving a driving connection with the driving-wheels, pivoted armscarrying said counter-shaft to permit it to move toward and from theengine-shaft, a reversing-shaft provided with a friction-wheel andhaving earings mounted to slide toward and from the plane of the axes ofthe engine-shaft and counter-shaft, a rock-shaft provided with acontrolling-lever, and rods actuated by said rock-shaft and connectedwith the pivoted arms and sliding bearings to simultaneously move thecounter-shaft and reversing-shaft,- whereby their movement in onedirection engages the counter-shaft friction-wheel with the engine-shaftfriction-wheel and disengages the reversing shaft friction-wheeltherefrom, while movement in the opposite direction disengages thecounter-shaft and engine-shaft friction-wheels and engages the reversingfriction-wheel with both of said other friction-wheels, substantially asdescribed.

-5. In a structure of the character described, the combination, with aframe or body and driving-wheels supporting the same, of an engine ofthe character described mounted on Witnesses: said frame, a shaft drivenby said engine and W. R. HARE,

having a fr1ctionwheel thereon, a counter- A. B. WHITNEY.

